Phil (ascentale)5d ago

@MartyCormack asks:

Today I had my first flat in over a year. I quickly spotted the cause (a shard of glass) and changed the tube, less than 15 minutes off the bike.
BUT I've had very difficult flats and have been stranded more than once when the repair didn't work or I had a second flat & ran out of spares.

Q5: What was the worst you have experienced with a flat or a breakdown that left you stranded, or otherwise unable to repair on the spot?

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@ascentale @MartyCormack @bikenite A5. Cargo quadricycle had just been fixed at the LBS. I'd ridden away and was on UC Davis campus when I noticed I somehow had a flat. My disabled hands cannot handle fixing a flat even if I know how. I was so dismayed because being on campus, I should have been near lots of people that could help, but the pandemic response super-charged UC Davis' ableism and I was isolated from my cohort. I couldn't reach my PI. So I called AAA and then they FREAKED about the fact I had a quadricycle instead of an upright bicycle and refused to send a van or truck to help. So I had to push, with my damaged hands/arms, and walk the cargo quad, with my damaged knees/feet more than a mile home. And pay extra for a mobile mech to come fix it. Once more. #CripTax #UCAccessNow #BikeNight
Jun 6 at 11:00amWeb